News

New to this board? Play nice. Avoid swearing, political, religious, kickstarter or fundraising posts. Get permission before promoting services. Read the Rules of the Board for details. Link to basic rules: https://www.scbwi.org/boards/index.php?topic=34154.0 WELCOME! And Happy Posting, Everyone!

An important reminder: You do NOT have to be a member of SCBWI to join the open areas of this message board. Anyone with a true interest in the world of children's literature may register and join our community.

This board is for SCBWI Articles by Verla Kay (and discussions of those articles) about the Blueboard - hints, timesaver tips, ways to make the Blueboard work for you, etc. can be found here. Discussions about each article are allowed and encouraged.

SCBWI PAL (Published & Listed) Members

Here's where books published by SCBWI PAL-listed publishers can be promoted. To find the list of PAL publishers, go to the SCBWI home page and click on About, then Membership Categories, then the PAL Publishers link. Please note that while only books published by PAL publishers can be PROMOTED here, members without PAL status may reply to messages posted here. If your book has been published by a PAL publisher and you do not yet have SCBWI PAL status in your profile, contact SCBWI to correct your status with them. In your post, please list your PAL publisher. NOTE: In order to get the widest possible exposure for new PAL publications, EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET CAN SEE THIS BOARD.

Writing, Illustrating & Publishing

This section is for all SCBWI members, and non-SCBWI Blueboard members with 50+ posts, to mention kidlit educational opportunities or services they offer, such as classes/seminars/workshops, critique/edit services, website building, book trailer creation, or anything else of use to kidlit creators. Please update current threads rather than starting a new thread for classes or services offered repeatedly. Questions and discussion are encouraged, including statements of recommendation or non-recommendation from people who have taken the class or used the service. Just remember to comment on the service, not the person. NOTE: Allowing opportunities to be listed here does NOT equate with endorsement, and we leave it up to those interested to do their own research.

Here's the place to post information that will help others who are doing research on specific subjects, or for you to request information. NOTE: ONLY request research help here if you have already exhausted your own internet sources first.

Here's the place to put all information about writing and illustrating contests. Discussions pertaining to writing and illustrating challenges such as NaNoWriMo, PiBoIdMo, Inktober, Smart Dummies, 12 x 12, etc., also go here.

Blueboard Member News

This board is for all writing and illustrating good news pertaining to children's literature − selling a book or article, book birthdays, magazine acceptances, signing with an agent, awards, professional journal reviews, etc. Please be sure your profile shows at least five quality posts before sharing your good news here. New: To streamline the various boards, we are asking that no links to sales pages be added to the posts here. You can have a link to your website or blog where you might also have a sales page link, however. Any posts including a direct link to a sales page (which would be a page with a 'buy' button) will be moved (without notice) to the Promotional board. Also, try to avoid any type of encouragement for folks to buy your book within the post. If you link to a blog post which discusses your book and does aim to entice others to buy, that's fine. But within the post itself, try to keep the mindset on celebrating rather than focusing on sales (this would include NOT mentioning where it can be bought, even without links).

Here's the place to post news about covers, trailers, launch parties, blogger & internet reviews, giveaways, etc. Note: We don't want your post counts to go up and down like a yo-yo, so posts here do not count towards your post total because these posts are periodically purged from the board in order to make way for more current posts. Plus, for those of you who have just joined the board, new members must have at least 5 "quality" posts before posting here, and preferably more. It's usually a good idea to spend some time in the community before jumping right in and promoting yourself or your book. Give us all a chance to know you, and then we'll be happy to celebrate with you. Thank you!

This board is for anything and everything that doesn't fit in Kidlit Good News or Promotional Good News. If something wonderful has happened to you or someone you love, you can share it here. Note: We don't want your post counts to go up and down like a yo-yo, so posts here do not count towards your post total because these posts are periodically purged from the board in order to make way for more current posts. Also, we are thrilled to celebrate news and events with all our members. However, to cut down on some of the drive-by posting we have seen, we ask that you wait to post your news/events until you have at least five quality posts elsewhere on the board. Thank you!

Here's the place to post all events that anyone can attend, including SCBWI open events. Please note: We are thrilled to celebrate news and events with all our members. However, to cut down on some of the drive-by posting we have seen, we ask that you wait to post your news/events until you have at least five quality posts elsewhere on the board. Thank you!